Automobile Dealer Window Neon Signs   


From the 1930's or 1940's
This sign displays the original
Chevrolet  "bowtie" colors.

 
    From the 1960's
 


Buick from 1953



From the 1930's or 1940's
This sign is from the days of the straight 8 in Pontiacs.

 
    From  1955
when the Pontiac Strato Streak
was new.


From the years following
World War II
maybe close to the 1950's



From the 1940's
The crystal ball held in a hand .

 
    From the 1940's

From Ford in the 1960's
the Falcon, a small car.


From the mid and late 1960's
especially 1964 when the
Ford Mustang
(Chevy Corvette,
and Plymouth Barracuda)
was every teenager
and college students desire.
 



From the 1930's
When Packard was a symbol of quality luxury cars.
 

 
    From the late 1940's
when the Packard used their own automatic transmission.  It was very popular after 1946.

This is an outdoor sign from a Polson, Montana shoe store that is quite unique.  It is "remembered" and is included here as an outstanding example of outdoor neon signs.  There are of course many  attractive outdoor signs,  this one is from Montana.



From the 1940's and 1950's.

 
    From 1941
All auto manufacturers were working to develop automatic transmissions.  Fluid drive was a Chrysler corporation innovation that was quite popular and when coupled with a "tiptoe" hydraulic shift allowed driving with only using the clutch when first starting to move.


From 1953
Chrysler got a big hemi-engine in 1951, DeSoto in 1952, Dodge got one in 1953 and Plymouth got a poly-head in 1955.
 



From the years following
World War II
especially the late 1940's
 

 
    From 1955 the first year Plymouth
had a V8, it started in 1928 as a 4
and included a 6 after 1933.


The signs included on this page are from the collection of Joe Ashley, Bozeman, Montana.  They represent a lot of dedicated searching over a number of years.  Most are original, as window signs are not subject to weather and vandalism, a few have been restored with considerable attention to "charging" them with the proper blend of neon to result in the original colors.  He is greatly thanked for sharing these images with us, and he would appreciate any leads someone might give him leading to an automotive window sign he does not yet have in his collection.